This week we are making inferences in reading. We know that an inference is when you combine evidence from your reading (words the author uses) with your schema (what you already know-prior knowledge) to make a conclusion. Watch the video below to learn more about inference.

Making inferences can be hard. Sometimes the clues don’t add up like we think.

Your Challenge!

Make an inference about the short film below by telling me an obserservation from the film(something you know), a question (something you wonder), and an inference (something you think). Use EVIDENCE BASED TERMS to support your inference. Examples of evidence based terms are…

The boy was sad BECAUSE his dog ran away.

Sally loved the ocean. FOR INSTANCE, she moved to a house overlooking the ocean.

Henry loves whales. FOR EXAMPLE, he often reads stories about them.

The force of the wind was very strong. I know because THE AUTHOR STATED that the wind could shatter a window.

ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, the purpose of a robot is to do a job.

FROM THE READING I KNOW THAT Jupiter is the largest planet in our solor system.

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39 responses to “Making Inferences”

Hi Mrs. W’s class!
This is my inference, question, and observation about the book “The One and Only Ivan”. I think that Ivan will like living in Exit 8, because he has someone to protect now and I know if someone is suppose to be protecting someone and they don’t get to, they will like protecting someone no matter where they are. Why couldn’t Ivan protect any of the other animals in Exit 8? I know Ivan’s life will change for sure, because he now has someone to protect. This book also kind of reminds me of chapter 2 in the second Harry Potter book because Dobby is warning Harry.
Jessica

Jessica,
What a great observation, question and inference for The One and Only Ivan! You’ve also made some key connections to other books you have read. Our class is looking forward to see if our predictions are correct once we start reading in October. Have you read the whole book already?
Mrs. Woronec & Class

Dear Mrs. Woronec,
My observation,question,and infence on partly cloudy. I know that the clouds are making things for other things. I wonder is there going to be trouble. I think that the clouds are going to help the lonely cloud.
Jadelynn

Dear Mrs.Woronec,
My question, inference,and observations,about partly cloudy are,the cloud doesn’t know how to make baby’s, puppies,kittens etc.My question is how come the cloud doesn’t know how to make puppies,kittens,and baby’s.My inference is that the cloud will get sad at one point.
Carole

Dear Mrs. Woronec,
Observation: I now that all the babies the cloud made were mean.
My question is that I wonder what baby the cloud will make next.
My inference is that maybe the cloud will make a baby rhino.

Dear Mrs.Woronec,
I know that the cloud was bad at making animals that don’t harm the stork.
I wonder why the cloud is so gray? I think the cloud is going to get better at making animal that don’t harm the stork, because the stork will help him make things like puppys so he does not get harmed again.

Dear Mrs.Woronec,
I know that the clouds make things for the storks to take to the ground. I wonder why the one cloud accidently makes things that harm the stork. I think this would be a very interesting movie to watch!

Dear Mrs.Woronec,
I think that the crane will get so weak that it won’t be able to carry the baby animal/child because the cloud keeps giving the crane dangerous animals that hurt the crane.The cloud feels sad because when the cloud offers the crane a shark the crane goes to another cloud to get football gear to protect himself and that doesn’t work out because the electric eel shocked the crane.

Dear Mrs. Woronec
observation- I know that the clouds make things and then they give them to the bird.
Question-I wonder why the gray cloud can’t make anything that the other clouds can make.
Inference- I think that the gray cloud can’t make the what the other clouds make because he is stilll learning how to make those things.

I observed that the stork was a really good friend and that the storm cloud only made stuff like rams and sharks and bad hurtful stuff and the stork thought well ”I’d love to carry stuff like puppy and kitty and peaceful stuff.

My question is”Why did just the storm cloud make bad things?Is it because the storm cloud has negative energy and the lightning bolt is negative?

I’m inferring that the storm cloud is sad when the stork flew to the other cloud and the storm cloud thought that the stork was leaving him so he got mad and made a storm then looked at the stork and lost his best friend so he cried and then he look at the feathers flying and saw over his shoulder that the stork just was asking for some safety gear and then they were best friends again.

My observation is that the clouds make the baby animals/humans.
My question is how the clouds make the babies.
I know that they form them and shock it with their lightning hands and put it in a bag and give it to the crane.

I think that the crane will get so weak and not be able to carry any more animals\child because the cloud kept giving crane dangerous animals. Crane left because cloud tried to give crane a shark and he went to a different cloud and he thought that he left him for the other cloud.He went to the cloud to get football armor then the cloud was happy and gave crane a electric eel.

From reading, I know that the cloud is sad because he can’t make nice cute little animals like the other clouds. All the other clouds are white and pink, while hes dark and grey. He can only make hurtful animals. It makes him sad. According to the text/video, the birds fly down and give each family an animal. I wonder why birds have to go to the clouds, get an animal, and give it to the family? I usually you give birth. I think the bird who delivers the clouds baby animals because he loves the cloud. It would be very hard for me to cary around all those painful animals.

Dear Mrs. W,
My observation is that the clouds made animals and babies because that is all they did.My question is why the clouds are making all these things.I’m inferring that the clouds like making people happy so they send them these things that they are making.

Dear Mrs.Woronec,
From reading this text, I know that all the other clouds are pink and cute except that one. Plus, I can tell that that one cloud is sad because he’s making mean animals and the others are making nice little cute animals. And my question is why is that cloud so sad. Maybe, because he woke up on the wrong side of the bed who knows. Or, he’s just not happy at some things, maybe that could be it too.

I know that the dark cloud is very sad because he can’t make cute animals and little babies for the stork to take.But I wonder why the cloud is at the bottom of all the light clouds and also he is the darkest out of all of them.I think maybe he makes baby animals for bigger animals like alligators,sharks, and so on.

Dear Mrs. Woornec,
I Know the cloud is bad at creating things. The reason I know this is because everything the cloud created hurt the bird. I infer that the cloud likes his assigned bird. Because when the bird left him he started crying. I wonder why the clouds made the creatures. God usually makes creations of the world.
Sincerely,
Sidney

Dear Mrs.Woronec, I know that the dark cloud isn’t great at making sweet animals.I also know that the stork got hurt because the dark cloud cept making animals that weren’t so kind.I wonder why the cloud isn’t great at making cute and cuddly animals and the other clouds are experts.I think that the stork and the coud are best friends because the cloud gave the stork a rub on the head and the stork looked like it bit the clouds cheek like he was playing around.I think the stork knew in the first place that the cloud was going to get a hurtful animal because he came back with his feathers falling out.~Michele~

I think the white clouds are the ones who make the babies and the cute animals and the gray clouds make the bad stuff like crocodiles and porcupines. The gray cloud doesn’t know how to make good things. The birds bring the animals to the correct spot of earth.

Dear Mrs.Woronec,
I think that the dark cloud really wanted to be like the other clouds and not make the mean animals.So the stork that works with that cloud probably doesn’t like almost dying
every day.So he goes to one of the nice clouds and asks her for a football outfit to protect him from the things that the dark cloud makes.

I know the cloud wants to make cute and nice animals but doesn’t know how to make them and only can make bad and mean ones. I know this because every time the bird came and he took the animal he got hurt. I infer the bird doesn’t like his job because he always get hurt.

Observe-I know that the birds were picking up the things the cloud had made or formed
Question-why we’re the birds picking up the things that the clouds made?
Infer-I think the reason why the birds were picking up the things the clouds made because it would make them happy because if the clouds were sad it would rain and the birds probably didn’t want it to rain so thats why they did it.

I know that the cloud in the story is the cloud that can only make bad animals. He only makes the ones that have sharp teeth and hurt you. My question is why is he the only cloud that does that? Why can’t he make cute little puppies? My inference is that he is just a very special cloud and he is so special he makes those types of animals. That is my observation, question, and inference.

I know the clouds give the storks the babies and animals. I wonder why they give the storks babies and animals. I think the clouds give them that stuff because they need to be delivered to there parents.

Dear Mrs.Woronec,
I know that the cloud can only make bad things because he is a gray cloud. The white and pink clouds make good things because they know how to make only those kinds of things. For instance the white and pink clouds make cute things like babies and cute little puppies.

Dear Mrs.Woronec, I know that the birds take animals and baby’s to homes. I wonder why the thunder cloud makes big harmful animals, while the other clouds make baby’s and kittens and puppies. I think that the thunder cloud makes big animals for zoo’s. Sincerely, Audrey :3

Dear Mrs.W.
I found the bird got tired of getting beat up from the animals the cloud was making so he went to the other cloud. Why do the clouds make animals? I think it was pretty good.
Sincerely,
Josh